Let me just start off by saying that this game is great. Just absolutely awesome. Such a simplistic, yet interesting game.
I played a game very similar to this by the infamous VooDoo. However, after 2 very basic levels, you’d get hit with a 30 second ad. Every 2 levels. I downloaded the game yesterday and I’m already on level 203. The game is great.
Let’s talk pros:
The gameplay is simple for people to pick up easily, but then progresses gradually to harder difficulties.
The game isn’t only just swipe and slide, there are a couple pieces in the game that change up the gameplay a little (you have corners that when hit continue to propel you, and blocks that stop you mid-slide)
The graphics are very attractive with the ‘game piece’, as I’ll refer to the block you control, looking like a block made of never ending paint. The graphic produced when you hit a wall and the paint splats on it is very satisfying.
Speaking of satisfying, when you hit a chain of 3 or more bounce walls, it is so enjoyable.
The level design once again is simple, yet different, with varying background designs to altered stages to different color paint.
The lack of ads is so amazing, I love the clean aesthetic of the game without having any ugly ads cluttering it. Granted this may low profits, but still. I really appreciate there not being any ads. To clarify, no matter how many levels you play, you will not get an ad that stops you from playing.
Let’s talk cons:
A good amount of these cons aren’t necessarily cons, just things I think would improve the game.
Firstly, there isn’t a GUI. So what I mean by that is that while there is a title screen, the only thing on it is a big Green “Play” button. While there is something very appealing about not having a ton of clutter to a game as basic as this (and I don’t mean basic in an insulting way) I feel like some flare on the front would be kind of cool. Maybe a menu that shows you all the previous levels you have completed and the paint you made from it. Maybe a menu showing how you completed the level with like a 2x speed to watch quickly or something. Along with that, maybe a shop menu where you can earn coins from beating the levels to use on buying new “game pieces”. So one piece could be a ball, or a pyramid, or a chess piece, or a pig or something cool. That way it incentivizes the player to play more and get the items in the shop. At the same time, you could have a menu that allows you to spend like 99 cents on some coins to purchase some skins or something which can allow you guys to make some amount of money off the game while not inhibiting gameplay with god awful ads. Maybe for 2 dollars you can have a bonus pack with limited edition skins and maybe a couple bonus levels or something. Again, I’m not saying it’s a con, just something interesting to spice up the game past just swipe and paint for however many levels.
Speaking about unknown levels, there is no way for you to tell how many levels are in the game. Idk if that’s actually a con, but it’s kind of weird to play a game with an unknown amount of levels.
The game has 0 sound. Again, that might be good because I do enjoy the feel of the phone slightly vibrate when you hit a wall with the game piece. But maybe some very faint music with some interaction sounds would be nice.
Some new game mechanics would be nice. Right now there are 2 of these with the bounce wall and the stopping square. I don’t know what would be an addition in that category. But it would liven up gameplay. Maybe there are more and I haven’t seen them but I doubt that considering I am on level 203.
Anyways that’s the review. The game is great. If you scrolled all the way to the bottom to get the synopsis, the game is super fun and very attractive. All round I give it a 9.2/10. It needs something more, but I am definitely keeping this on my phone.
Great game you guys, keep up the good work
-Ryan